Drawing on the defining scholarship of The Dictionary of Art on the Renaissance in Northern Europe, this three-volume encyclopedia surveys all aspects of Northern Renaissance art, from painting and architecture to artists and patrons, as well as the cities and centers of production that were vital to the flourishing of art that began in the 14th century. The encyclopedia presents nearly 1700 entries in an extensively cross-referenced A-to-Z format, with more than 500 color and black and white illustrations of painting, architecture, cultural objects, and items of the decorative arts, as well as drawings and era-specific maps.